camping with "catheno"

i got to thinking of the great times camping and that led me to go through some old photos. (by now you should be used to these digressions) there was, of course, always food and drink, and dancing. some of the pictures below are from the site at bass river and some are from #31 in newburgh. you can tell we were having a good time. yep, that's me with hugely long hair, and braces too i think. god that sucked so badly! i had those braces on for 25 months, 1 week and 2 days; and it was hell! i can't begin to tell you how many times in the beginning i would sit outside the orthodontist's office and cry after an adjustment it was so painful. there was alot of drinking going on in those days, whiskey usually, rubbed on the gums and then just guzzled. it never helped but it gave me something to do until i could pass out. anyway, those are not such good food and drink memories. the food was awkward and the drinking was excessive. obviously it didn't stop me from having a good time. the girls don't camp anymore now that they have the cabin, i mean, what the fuck they're always in the woods now! we usually try to go once in spring and once in fall. oh yeah, the "catheno" thing. before i met catherine and odalys john would say "you have to meet my friend(s) catheno" well that's what it sounded like to me when he said it, you know, "catheno". i used to think "who the fuck is this person, and what's with the weird name?" anyway, it turned out to be "cath and o (short for odalys)" aka "the girls". well, enjoy the photos.

shrimp on "the barbie"

and the cocktails, of course

bacon really gets you out of your tent in the morning

the girls... :^*

and the boys